Biography of Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk 1245-1306
Paternal Family Tree: Bigod
In 1243 [his father] Hugh Bigod Justicar (age 32) and [his mother] Joan Stuteville (age 27) were married. He the son of Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk and Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 49).
Around 1245 Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk was born to Hugh Bigod Justicar (age 34) and Joan Stuteville (age 29).
In 1266 [his father] Hugh Bigod Justicar (age 55) died.
In 1270 [his uncle] Roger Bigod 4th Earl Norfolk (age 61) died. His nephew Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 25) succeeded 5th Earl Norfolk.
On 06 Apr 1276 [his mother] Joan Stuteville (age 60) died.
In 1290 Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 45) and Alice Hainault Countess Norfolk were married. She by marriage Countess Norfolk. She the daughter of John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland (age 43) and Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland (age 38).
On 22 Jul 1298 King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 59) defeated the Scottish army led by William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk at Falkirk [Map] using archers to firstly attack the Scottish shiltrons with the heavy cavalry with infantry completing the defeat.
John de Graham and John Stewart of Bonkyll (age 52) were killed.
The English were described in the Falkirk Roll that lists 111 men with their armorials including:
Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 26).
Walter Beauchamp (age 55).
Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 53).
Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex (age 49).
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 24).
Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 37).
William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 26).
Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 52).
Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley (age 27).
Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (age 43).
Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 58).
John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (age 30).
John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 29).
Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 48).
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 11).
William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley (age 43).
John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 42).
Nicholas Segrave (age 42).
Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford (age 41).
Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 30).
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 20).
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 17).
[his uncle] John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 67).
Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 25).
Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 21).
Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 31).
Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 19).
John Capet II Duke Brittany (age 59).
Philip Darcy (age 40).
Robert Fitzroger.
Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 51), or possiby a Roger Fitzwalter?.
Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 23).
John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 30), and.
Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 47).
William Scrope (age 53) was knighted.
John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 29) fought.
John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel (age 44) fought.
Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: [his uncle] John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81). 
On 11 Jul 1302 [his brother-in-law] John Hainault was killed.
In 1303 [his brother-in-law] Henry Hainault died.
In 1305 [his sister-in-law] Isabelle Hainault died.
Before 12 Dec 1306 Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 61) died. Earl Norfolk extinct. In 1302 Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 57) had surrendered his Earldom to King Edward I (age 67) and was recreated Earl Norfolk with the remainder "to the heirs of his body" effectively disinheriting his brother [his brother] John Bigod. Its not clear why he did so.
Calendars. 09 Feb 1308 King Edward II of England (age 23). Dover, Kent [Map]. To [his former wife] Alice, late wife of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Marshall of England. Order to meet the king at Dover, Kent [Map] on his return from France with his consort about Sunday next after the Feast of the Purification of St Mary. Witnessed by Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 24).
The like to:
Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford and Essex (age 25).
Henry de Lancastre (age 27).
Robert de Monte Alto.
Almaric de Sancto Amando[Ibid].
To R Archbishop of Canterbury (age 63). Order to attend the king's coronaion on Sunday next after the feast of St Valentine [14 Feb] at Westminster [Map], to execute what pertains to his office.
To the Sheriff of Surrey. Order to proclaim in market towns, etc., that no knight, esquire, or other shall, under pain of forfeiture, pressure to tourney or make jousts or bordices (torneare, justos seu burdseicas facere), or otherwise go armed at Croydon, Surrey [Map] or elsewhere before the king's coronation.
On 26 Oct 1317 [his former wife] Alice Hainault Countess Norfolk died.
Raoul Nesle and Isabelle Hainault were married. She the daughter of John Hainault II Count Hainault II Count Holland and Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainault and Holland. He the son of John Nesle III Count Soissons and Margaret Montfort Countess Soissons. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Bigod
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 1st Earl Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Todeni
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelisa Todeni
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aubrey I de Vere
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aubrey II de Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Unknown
Great x 2 Grandmother: Juliana de Vere
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelize de Clare
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont
GrandFather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Tosny
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Tosny
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Northumbria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida aka Gertrude Hainault
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Gael
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
Father: Hugh Bigod Justicar
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward of Salisbury 1st Baron Trowbridge 1st Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne
GrandMother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham
GrandFather: Nicholas Stuteville
Mother: Joan Stuteville